The Ship’s Log

May 17, 2021
  • Alston Cobourn
  • Justin Borer

Electronic music video and audio recordings by Dr. Otto Henry

STAFF PICK: Electronic music video and audio recordings by Dr. Otto Henry STAFF PERSONS: Justin Borer and Alston Cobourn COLLECTIONS: Otto Henry Papers, UA90-64, University Archives In 1968, Dr. Otto Henry...

Apr 12, 2021
  • Fred Harrison

Steinbeck’s, A Greenville Institution

Herbert Franklin Steinbeck Sr. came from Rockingham to Greenville, N.C. in 1950 as store manager for J.C. Penny Company prior to opening Steinbeck’s Men’s Shop in March of 1957. Among...

Mar 04, 2021
  • Rita Khazanie

Friendship

In the book, The Prophet, author Kahlil Gibran writes about friendship saying, “Your friend is your needs answered.  He is your field which you sow with love and reap with...

Feb 19, 2021
  • Nanette Hardson

Alex L. Manly (1866-1944)

  Staff Person: Nanette Hardison Collection: Alex L. Manly Papers 1898-1903, 1953-1984, Manuscript Collection #65 Alexander Lightfoot Manly was born on May 13, 1866, near Raleigh, North Carolina. He was...

Jan 20, 2021
  • Patrick Cash

Invitations to Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s First Presidential Inauguration Events, 1933

Invitations to Franklin Delano Roosevelt's First Presidential Inauguration Events, 1933 STAFF PERSON: Patrick Cash COLLECTION: Mary F. Howard Papers (#391)   The inauguration of the President of the United States...

Jan 18, 2021
  • Patrick Cash

ECU Honors The Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

“Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.” The Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Letter from a Birmingham Jail, April 16, 1963. The tragic death of the Reverend Dr....

Jan 13, 2021
  • Alston Cobourn

New Exhibit: “How They Lived: The First Twenty Years of Campus Life”

A new exhibit entitled “How they Lived: the First Twenty Years of Campus Life,” which was curated by Alston Cobourn, is currently displayed on the 1st floor of Joyner Library and will...

Nov 14, 2020
  • Alston Cobourn
  • Patrick Cash

50 Years After: Remembering Marshall University’s 1970 Plane Crash

November 14, 2020 marks the 50th anniversary of the November 14, 1970 football game between the Marshall University Thundering Herd and the East Carolina University Pirates. Directly following the game,...

Nov 11, 2020
  • Nanette Hardson

An Oath for Veteran’s Day

Veterans from the various branches of the U.S. armed forces are honored every November 11 through the federal holiday known as Veterans Day. Veterans Day, originally known as Armistice Day,...

Oct 23, 2020
  • Martha Elmore

75th Anniversary of the Ratification of the United Nations Charter on October 24, 1945

STAFF PICK: 75th Anniversary of the Ratification of the United Nations Charter on October 24, 1945 STAFF PERSON: Martha G. Elmore COLLECTIONS: Frank R. Bartimo Papers  Harris-Redditt Family Papers Many...